Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1919 — Stamps of 1918. [ARTICLE]

Stamps of 1918.

“Another year comes to a close with far more than 500 new postage stamps having been issued,” writes Kent B. Stiles in his department, “Stamps,” in Boys’ Life. “The <4ironiele at this writing shows a total of 511 varieties, but it will be several months yet before American can gain information regarding many issues reported abroad, so that the record for 1918 may tell of as many as 600: In 1917 there were 990 varieties. “These 511 varieties were put forth by nations and their possessions—-such as islands, protectorates, colonies, dependencies. occupied territories, etc. — to the number of 88 governments. Of the 511 varieties 388 were due to'the war alone. The United States has issued more than fifty varieties, including shade and die varieties due to inferior dvestuffs artkl to worn plates, but the British empire leads the list with nearly 200 varieties.”